It's been raining and is currently raining, and it's likely to be declared a wet race. The Globe and Mail says "forecasters predict an 80 percent chance of thunderstorms around the start of the race"!

The Telegrah reports that a "Formula One fan who bet on Lewis Hamilton winning the World Championship more than a decade ago is gearing up to win £125,000". Apparently the punter's son used to race go-karts against Hamilton.

As the cars exit the pit lane to find their place on the grid, the air temperature is 28°C; track 33°C

Despite all the forecasts of rain, it's dry right now (15mins before the start).

The drivers are getting into their cars for the final race of the 2008 season.

As usual, my race notes are behind a cut to save you from spoilers if you're not watching live ...

3mins before the start ... and it's starting to rain!

The sea of Ferrari T-shirts are covered by waterproofs :)

FIA announce the start is aborted - it will be delayed by 10mins

The showers have stopped again, as the Safety Car works its way to the front of the grid

FA's pit crew tell him no rain for 40mins

The track is wet but no rain for ~40mins - do you start on intermediate or dry tyres?

Note: a wet race means the teams don't have to use both the tyre compounds

Safety Car has just done a lap - some corners are damp, some dry, main straight is wet

Looks like the front runners are on intermediates (wet tyres)

FM leads off on the formation lap - a chance for the drivers to check where the wettest parts are

ITV say RK is the only one on dry tyres

RK enters the pits instead of joining the grid

01/71: HK lets LH through and closes the door on SVDC off in Turn 1? :(Safety Car deployedNP and DC are both off in T1

Final lap: If LH can't pass SV, or if TG slides off (on dry tyres), then FM is world champion!FM takes the chequered flag, and the crowd go wild!LH has passed TG!Ferrari pits are jumping for joy, but LH crosses the line in P5 - YES!!!! :)

The unsporting crowd boo as LH is on his slow down lap - disgraceful

The FIA said before the race that they were going to invite the (new) world champion's family to wave the chequered flag, but there's no way they can know who was going to take it, which is why they were still in the garages

One of the Hondas is on fire! (It's JB) Where are the marshals? Busy booing Lewis too?

As the Brazilian national anthem plays, FM barely holds back the tears

The flags raised above the podium are almost blown away - they're held horizontal by the wind

I do feel a bit sorry for Massa - he must have thought he was World Champion when he crossed the finish line because LH was in P6

Mind you, looking at the sad faces of all the Ferrari fans in the crowd, I wish McLaren had taken the Constructors' Championship too - booing Hamilton is pathetic

Now I just hope that the FIA/stewards don't do anything stupid like decide to change the result!

Interviews:FM: "difficult weather"; "so proud"; "unfortunately we missed 1 point"; "we're going to learn a lot"; "that's the way it is"; "very emotional"FA: "good fight with Kimi"; "much more than we expected"KR: "I knew what I was supposed to do"; "not the best race ever"; "not the easiest year for the team"FM: "we did everything perfect today; unfortunately it was not enough"; "racing's like that"; "everyone did a great job"; "we need to be happy with our Constructors' Championship"; "we need to congratulate Lewis"

It must have been tough for FM to be up there, but he held it together well.

The Formula1 website isn't responding - I wonder if everyone is checking that the stewards haven't stepped in :)